συστολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συστέλλω (sustéllō) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “send”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sys.to.lɛ̌ː/ → /sys.toˈli/ → /sis.toˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sys.to.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sys.toˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sys.toˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sys.toˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sis.toˈli/

Noun

σῠστολή • (sŭstolḗ) f (genitive σῠστολῆς); first declension

1. contraction, drawing together
2. (physiology) contraction of the heart; systole

   Antonym: διαστολή (diastolḗ)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠστολή; τῆς σῠστολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠστολή hē sŭstolḗ	τὼ σῠστολᾱ́ tṑ sŭstolā́	αἱ σῠστολαί hai sŭstolaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠστολῆς tês sŭstolês	τοῖν σῠστολαῖν toîn sŭstolaîn	τῶν σῠστολῶν tôn sŭstolôn
Dative	τῇ σῠστολῇ têi sŭstolêi	τοῖν σῠστολαῖν toîn sŭstolaîn	ταῖς σῠστολαῖς taîs sŭstolaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠστολήν tḕn sŭstolḗn	τὼ σῠστολᾱ́ tṑ sŭstolā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠστολᾱ́ς tā̀s sŭstolā́s
Vocative	σῠστολή sŭstolḗ	σῠστολᾱ́ sŭstolā́	σῠστολαί sŭstolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: systole
• Greek: συστολή (systolí)

Further reading

• “συστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “συστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• συστολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette